5.5

CVE-2024-27064

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: Fix a memory leak in nf_tables_updchain

If nft_netdev_register_hooks() fails, the memory associated with
nft_stats is not freed, causing a memory leak.

This patch fixes it by moving nft_stats_alloc() down after
nft_netdev_register_hooks() succeeds.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.3.3 < 6.4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.4 < 6.6.23
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.7.11
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.8 < 6.8.2
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.03
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.